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No. 4 Utah Gymnastics To Compete at No. 13 Washington Sunday
2/24/2020 4:26 PM | Gymnastics
Utes close out stretch of road meets this Sunday in Seattle.
MEET WEEK
The No. 4 Utah gymnastics team (9-0, 5-0 Pac-12) is set for the final road trip of the regular season this week, traveling to Seattle to take on No. 13 Washington (6-1-1, 4-0-1 Pac-12) this Sunday, March 1. The meet between the Utes and Huskies will begin at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT at Alaska Airlines Arena and will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Rich Burk will give play-by-play commentary, while Amanda Borden will serve as the color analyst.
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IN THE RANKINGS
Utah dropped one place in the national rankings to No. 4 with this week's move to the National Qualifying Score (NQS) to determine rankings. A team's NQS is calculated by taking the highest six scores of the season, three of which must be road scores, dropping the high score and averaging the remaining five. The Utes rank No. 3 on beam, No. 7 on bars, No. 8 on floor and No. 11 on vault. Kim Tessen is tied for No. 8 on bars and is No. 14 on vault. Cristal Isa is No. 13 on bars (tie) and beam, while coming in at No. 18 on vault. Sydney Soloski tied for 16th on floor, while Abby Paulson and Adrienne Randall are tied for 22nd on beam.
BY THE NUMBERS
• The Red Rocks remained undefeated this season and in Pac-12 play with the rivalry win over UCLA on Sunday. The win marked Utah's second-straight win in Pauley Pavilion. Utah topped the 198-mark for the first time this season against UCLA and is one of four teams in the NCAA to score in the 198-range.
• Utah scored season highs on bars (49.600), beam (49.775), floor (49.475) and final score (198.075) in the win against UCLA. Utah's season high of 49.600 on bars is the third-highest score in the nation this season.
• The Ute beam team recorded a 49.775 to break the Utah school record of 49.650 that was set against Brigham Young in 1995. The 49.775 beam rotation is the highest score on beam in the nation this season.
• The bars and beam lineup for the Utes on Sunday did not count a score lower than a 9.90 in the five scoring routines. Utah only counted four scores in the 9.80-range in the entire meet.
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QUICK STICKS
• Freshman Abby Paulson scored the first 10.0 on beam since the 2008 season in her meet-clinching routine against UCLA. Paulson is the only freshman in the Pac-12 Conference to have recorded a perfect score on any event this year.
• Sophomore Cristal Isa scored a 39.600 in her second appearance as an all-arounder, which included three event scores of 9.925 or higher. She set a career-high mark of 9.925 on floor, while posting career-tying scores of 9.95 on beam and 9.925 on bars.
• Senior Kim Tessen has scored a 9.90 or higher on at least one event in every meet this season.
• Freshman Maile O'Keefe has scored four-straight 9.90 or higher marks on beam, while Isa and Adrienne Randall have each scored three-straight scores of 9.90 or higher on beam. Sydney Soloski has posted four-straight scores of 9.90 or higher as the floor anchor.
• Of Utah's 168 routines, Ute underclassmen have competed 90 of the total routines (53.6 percent).
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CHALK TALK
• Utah has had 10 of the 12 competing gymnasts earn at least one event victory this season.
• Individual winners this season are Kim Tessen (8), Abby Paulson (5), Sydney Soloski (5), Cristal Isa (4), Maile O'Keefe (4), Alexia Burch (2), Hunter Dula (1), Emilie LeBlanc (1), Adrienne Randall (1), and Missy Reinstadter (1).
• Pac-12 weekly award winners have been Kim Tessen (Jan. 14) and Adrienne Randall (Feb. 12) as Pac-12 Specialists of the Week, and Maile O'Keefe (Jan. 29, Feb. 18) as a two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.
• Utah has hit 159-168 routines this season. Gymnasts who have hit every routine are O'Keefe (24-24), Paulson (17-17), Burch (15-15), LeBlanc (14-14), Soloski (14-14), Randall (13-13), and Dula (4-4).
CALIFORNIA BEAMIN'
Beginning in the meet against Cal, Utah's beam team has recorded three-straight scores of 49.600 or higher to rank No. 3 in the nation. The Utes are coming off a historic beam effort that topped the previous school beam record by 0.125, posting a 49.775 to win the Pac-12 showdown in Los Angeles against UCLA. Abby Paulson earned the first 10.0 of the season on any event by a Ute and the first perfect score on beam for Utah since 2008. The Corona, Calif. native Adrienne Randall contributed a career-high 9.975 to add to the record-breaking team performance. The Utes posted five scores of 9.90 or higher to close out the road meet and stay undefeated this season. The road meets in Berkeley and Los Angeles came down to Utah's beam team versus the home team's floor lineup and in both instances, the Ute beamers buckled down and pulled off the win.Â
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RAISING THE BAR
Utah soared to the best bars rotation of the year for the group in the opening rotation against UCLA. The Red Rocks went on to record five scores of 9.90 or higher to smash the previous season high of 49.425 and glided to a 49.600 event score. The 49.600 is the third-highest bars score in the nation this season. The rotation saw Maile O'Keefe collect a career-high 9.925, while Cristal Isa tied her career high of 9.925. Kim Tessen anchored the set with a 9.95 for her fourth bars title of the season. Emilie LeBlanc also scored a 9.90, which tied a career-high, while Missy Reinstadtler added a 9.90 to round out the five scorers and build an immediate lead early on in the meet.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah leads the all-time series with Washington 60-0-2 (15-0-2 in Seattle). The Red Rocks have never lost to Washington, but both ties have taken place in Seattle. Utah has won the last 16 contests dating back to the tie in 2013. Last year, Utah and Washington did not meet in the regular season. For complete series history, see page two in sidebar.
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ABOUT WASHINGTON
Head Coach: Elisa Ray-StatzÂ
2019 NCAA Finish: No. 19
National Rank: No. 13
Record: 6-1-1, 4-0-1 Pac-12
Notes: Washington collected upsets over Cal and UCLA to highlight the Huskies' undefeated slate in Pac-12 play … Last week, Washington tied Arizona State with a score of 196.875 to sit at 4-0-1 in conference … The Huskies have topped 197 once this year, posting a season-high 197.225 against Cal … Washington is led by all-arounder Evanni Roberson who is ranked No. 15 in the all-around with a 39.340 NQS … The Huskies are tied for No. 6 in the nation on floor … Utah gymnastics has ties to UW's program as Utah assistant coach Carly Dockendorf competed at Washington from 2002-05, where she was an All-America gymnast and pole vaulter. Additionally, former Ute All-American Baely Rowe serves as Washington's volunteer assistant coach.
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UP NEXT
Utah gymnastics will return to the Huntsman Center for the Utes' final conference dual meet of the season. Utah will welcome Stanford next Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. MT in a Pink Meet. The meet will be live streamed.
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The No. 4 Utah gymnastics team (9-0, 5-0 Pac-12) is set for the final road trip of the regular season this week, traveling to Seattle to take on No. 13 Washington (6-1-1, 4-0-1 Pac-12) this Sunday, March 1. The meet between the Utes and Huskies will begin at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT at Alaska Airlines Arena and will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Rich Burk will give play-by-play commentary, while Amanda Borden will serve as the color analyst.
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IN THE RANKINGS
Utah dropped one place in the national rankings to No. 4 with this week's move to the National Qualifying Score (NQS) to determine rankings. A team's NQS is calculated by taking the highest six scores of the season, three of which must be road scores, dropping the high score and averaging the remaining five. The Utes rank No. 3 on beam, No. 7 on bars, No. 8 on floor and No. 11 on vault. Kim Tessen is tied for No. 8 on bars and is No. 14 on vault. Cristal Isa is No. 13 on bars (tie) and beam, while coming in at No. 18 on vault. Sydney Soloski tied for 16th on floor, while Abby Paulson and Adrienne Randall are tied for 22nd on beam.
BY THE NUMBERS
• The Red Rocks remained undefeated this season and in Pac-12 play with the rivalry win over UCLA on Sunday. The win marked Utah's second-straight win in Pauley Pavilion. Utah topped the 198-mark for the first time this season against UCLA and is one of four teams in the NCAA to score in the 198-range.
• Utah scored season highs on bars (49.600), beam (49.775), floor (49.475) and final score (198.075) in the win against UCLA. Utah's season high of 49.600 on bars is the third-highest score in the nation this season.
• The Ute beam team recorded a 49.775 to break the Utah school record of 49.650 that was set against Brigham Young in 1995. The 49.775 beam rotation is the highest score on beam in the nation this season.
• The bars and beam lineup for the Utes on Sunday did not count a score lower than a 9.90 in the five scoring routines. Utah only counted four scores in the 9.80-range in the entire meet.
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QUICK STICKS
• Freshman Abby Paulson scored the first 10.0 on beam since the 2008 season in her meet-clinching routine against UCLA. Paulson is the only freshman in the Pac-12 Conference to have recorded a perfect score on any event this year.
• Sophomore Cristal Isa scored a 39.600 in her second appearance as an all-arounder, which included three event scores of 9.925 or higher. She set a career-high mark of 9.925 on floor, while posting career-tying scores of 9.95 on beam and 9.925 on bars.
• Senior Kim Tessen has scored a 9.90 or higher on at least one event in every meet this season.
• Freshman Maile O'Keefe has scored four-straight 9.90 or higher marks on beam, while Isa and Adrienne Randall have each scored three-straight scores of 9.90 or higher on beam. Sydney Soloski has posted four-straight scores of 9.90 or higher as the floor anchor.
• Of Utah's 168 routines, Ute underclassmen have competed 90 of the total routines (53.6 percent).
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CHALK TALK
• Utah has had 10 of the 12 competing gymnasts earn at least one event victory this season.
• Individual winners this season are Kim Tessen (8), Abby Paulson (5), Sydney Soloski (5), Cristal Isa (4), Maile O'Keefe (4), Alexia Burch (2), Hunter Dula (1), Emilie LeBlanc (1), Adrienne Randall (1), and Missy Reinstadter (1).
• Pac-12 weekly award winners have been Kim Tessen (Jan. 14) and Adrienne Randall (Feb. 12) as Pac-12 Specialists of the Week, and Maile O'Keefe (Jan. 29, Feb. 18) as a two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.
• Utah has hit 159-168 routines this season. Gymnasts who have hit every routine are O'Keefe (24-24), Paulson (17-17), Burch (15-15), LeBlanc (14-14), Soloski (14-14), Randall (13-13), and Dula (4-4).
CALIFORNIA BEAMIN'
Beginning in the meet against Cal, Utah's beam team has recorded three-straight scores of 49.600 or higher to rank No. 3 in the nation. The Utes are coming off a historic beam effort that topped the previous school beam record by 0.125, posting a 49.775 to win the Pac-12 showdown in Los Angeles against UCLA. Abby Paulson earned the first 10.0 of the season on any event by a Ute and the first perfect score on beam for Utah since 2008. The Corona, Calif. native Adrienne Randall contributed a career-high 9.975 to add to the record-breaking team performance. The Utes posted five scores of 9.90 or higher to close out the road meet and stay undefeated this season. The road meets in Berkeley and Los Angeles came down to Utah's beam team versus the home team's floor lineup and in both instances, the Ute beamers buckled down and pulled off the win.Â
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RAISING THE BAR
Utah soared to the best bars rotation of the year for the group in the opening rotation against UCLA. The Red Rocks went on to record five scores of 9.90 or higher to smash the previous season high of 49.425 and glided to a 49.600 event score. The 49.600 is the third-highest bars score in the nation this season. The rotation saw Maile O'Keefe collect a career-high 9.925, while Cristal Isa tied her career high of 9.925. Kim Tessen anchored the set with a 9.95 for her fourth bars title of the season. Emilie LeBlanc also scored a 9.90, which tied a career-high, while Missy Reinstadtler added a 9.90 to round out the five scorers and build an immediate lead early on in the meet.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah leads the all-time series with Washington 60-0-2 (15-0-2 in Seattle). The Red Rocks have never lost to Washington, but both ties have taken place in Seattle. Utah has won the last 16 contests dating back to the tie in 2013. Last year, Utah and Washington did not meet in the regular season. For complete series history, see page two in sidebar.
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ABOUT WASHINGTON
Head Coach: Elisa Ray-StatzÂ
2019 NCAA Finish: No. 19
National Rank: No. 13
Record: 6-1-1, 4-0-1 Pac-12
Notes: Washington collected upsets over Cal and UCLA to highlight the Huskies' undefeated slate in Pac-12 play … Last week, Washington tied Arizona State with a score of 196.875 to sit at 4-0-1 in conference … The Huskies have topped 197 once this year, posting a season-high 197.225 against Cal … Washington is led by all-arounder Evanni Roberson who is ranked No. 15 in the all-around with a 39.340 NQS … The Huskies are tied for No. 6 in the nation on floor … Utah gymnastics has ties to UW's program as Utah assistant coach Carly Dockendorf competed at Washington from 2002-05, where she was an All-America gymnast and pole vaulter. Additionally, former Ute All-American Baely Rowe serves as Washington's volunteer assistant coach.
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UP NEXT
Utah gymnastics will return to the Huntsman Center for the Utes' final conference dual meet of the season. Utah will welcome Stanford next Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. MT in a Pink Meet. The meet will be live streamed.
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